September 2011
1 post
KISSmetrics: How To Calculate Lifetime Value
via blog.kissmetrics.com Posted via email from Eventzi Blog
August 2011
9 posts
TIPS: Hosting a developer conference
Be unique You need useful speakers and valuable content for the attendees. As a developer conference, providing access to real people that know code is essential to making the attendee experience really valuable. Put thought into the sessions and create valuable workshops. Attendees go to learn “hands-on” so they can get instant feedback. You could let attendees hire rooms to...
NEWS: Launching a bundle of new tools and updates
Today, we are excited to launch new tools for you to use with Eventzi. As we promised during our pricing update, we have been able to build new features to help you sell more tickets. You can read more about each feature from the list below: Ask Questions Mailchimp Integration Discount Codes Track Links Custom Background SendGrid E-Ticket Delivery Eventful Auto-Submission Cheers,Scott ...
NEW FEATURE: Discount Codes
We’ve just released a new feature called Discount Codes. This was one of our most requested features and we are excited to see how people will use them. You can learn more about how to create and manage discount codes here. Posted via email from Eventzi Blog
NEW FEATURE: Track Links
We’ve just released a feature that lets you Track Links. We create automated tracking links to your event page, your exported ticket box or event page, showing visits and orders from those links.You can also create your own unique links that are brilliant if you have promoters or if you promote on different social networks. You can create a unique link for each promoter and see who gets the most...
NEW FEATURE: Custom event page background
We’ve added the ability for custom event backgrounds in Eventzi. It really allows you to make pages unique and personal. We’ve integrated uploads into the existing background picker that is found at the bottom of the Edit Page for your event. The uploader fits in with the background thumbnails. Posted via email from Eventzi Blog
NEW FEATURE: Eventful
We have added a hidden little gem for all public events. Whenever your event is published, we submit your event to eventful.com. In Eventful’s words:“Eventful is a leading digital service connecting consumers with entertainment and live events. Over 17 million people rely on Eventful every week to find out what’s happening and decide what to do; from movies, concerts and sports...
NEW FEATURE: Ask Questions
Being able to ask attendees questions during are the registration process was our most requested feature at Eventzi. For many hosts it was a “must-have” feature. We now let you collect information from attendees using text, drop options and checkboxes. You can use our standard quick questions or create your own custom questions.If you need to collect meal preferences, t-shirt sizes...
NEW FEATURE: We ♥ SendGrid
We are bringing better ticket delivery to Eventzi with SendGrid. We are upgrading to a world-class email delivery company which has some amazing customers gushing about them. E-tickets will have a higher delivery rate and will be delivered into your attendees inbox quicker than ever. We can track an amazing amount of data about each e-ticket, helping us to help you if there are ever any...
NEW FEATURE: Mailchimp integration eek eek
We are giving you a new tool to help with email marketing! Our Mailchimp integration provides a smooth way to get the word out with personalised email invitations. Infact you can use it to send updates or post-event surveys. Inside Eventzi you now have the ability to automatically export your current and future attendees straight into Mailchimp. Its really easy. You can learn more about using...
July 2011
1 post
QUOTE: Crowds
“Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd” – P.T. Barnum Posted via email from Eventzi Blog
June 2011
7 posts
LINK: KISSmetrics I The Science of Social Timing...
via blog.kissmetrics.com Posted via email from Eventzi Blog
LINK: KISSmetrics I The Science of Social Timing...
via blog.kissmetrics.com Posted via email from Eventzi Blog
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HOW TO: Improve your event with content
Your attendees No matter what size of event, you can use your audience to provide the content. People with the same interest or problem can really help each other. Imagine if the people who turn up to your event are the main chunk of content and they all help each other. If you can get at least one speaker, this can really kick start attendees discussion and deliver a lot of value. “Show...
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TIPS: Start a blog, heres why:
1. New customers Blogging is an awesome way to get good leads for your event. You’ve probably noticed the we focus on education with the Eventzi blog. How to’s and Tips on becoming smarter or better. If you can create high quality content, promote it and have links to your Facebook or Twitter then you can start new conversations. 2. Get noticedThe most popular events promote new...
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HOW TO: Use geolocation tools to promote your...
Businesses are using Facebook places, Gowalla and Foursquare to reward customers who check-in to their event. Its free promotion for the event and the user is rewarded for a simple click. Its win-win! Below are some tips to promote your event with these tools: 1. Create a unique venue for the eventShare tips about the event to make the attendees experience better. At most events people spend a...
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HOW TO: Promote your event like a movie
You need pre-event hype so that people know about your event. The guys who are paid to promote new movies have some cool tricks you can use. Tease A few months before the event, drop some clues about the event. Post information about what you have planned. If this is your first event, set up a page where you can collect emails from people who are interested. This makes invites a lot easier. ...
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HOW TO: Host a webinar
A webinar is just a web-based seminar, it could be a presentation, lecture or a workshop for example.Its really important to explain what your webinar is all about on the event page. The use of video, photos and bios, helps a lot. In the Where section, insert “Online” as the Venue Name.Attendees will still get e-tickets but they don’t have to print them. You can insert the...
May 2011
5 posts
Pricing Update
Hey,When we launched 2 years ago, we provided a very simple product with incredible value for money. We thought about increasing the ticketing fee when we launched our latest version to reflect the the new benefits we provide. We ended up choosing to hold off and let everyone see they’re getting a lot of value from the product for almost nothing.We have sold lots of tickets and everyone we...
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HOW TO: Set up a Facebook page and rock it
1. Visit the Facebook Page Creator and set up your new Facebook page. 2. Get a unique Facebook URL for your page by going here. Select your Business Page (not your own Profile) from the drop down. Make sure you get the spelling right, you cant change the URL. 3. Facebook has tons of apps in the Facebook app directory that you can include on your page. 4. Add the Like button to your website and get...
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TIPS: 3 Twitter promotion tips
1. Create a listA cool way to use lists is to find all of your attendees and add them into one list. Naming the list is easy “Im going to (Your Event Name)” and display it on your site. Its a bit like a twitter version of your attendee list. 2. Create a special promotion Create a “follow us” promotion and create a #hashtag to give away a free ticket for every 10th or 25th or 50th new...
NEWS: Our new team
We are so happy with the New Eventzi that we wanted to tell you all about our new team. A new teamWe hired Sibers to develop the new Eventzi. Sibers are a Russia-based software outsourcing company based in Novosibirsk. At first we were looking to fix problems we had with the site.We contacted Sibers after researching the top outsourcing teams, to get their feedback on our project. After discussing...
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QUOTE: Feelings
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou Posted via email from Eventzi Blog | Comment »
April 2011
3 posts
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LINK: The ingredients of Customer Delight
A great article on the ingredients of “Customer Delight”.Read more at - http://thesocialcustomer.com/andyhanselman/36247/6-ingredients-customer-delight Posted via email from Eventzi Blog | Comment »
LINK: Check-in to events with Facebook
Facebook has released a new version of its iPhone application that gives users the ability to check-in to events.Read more at - http://mashable.com/2011/04/04/facebook-iphone-app/ Posted via email from Eventzi Blog | Comment »
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TIPS: Do less
We have all heard of getting one-up on someone. Normally it means doing more. Doing more to beat someone will lead to dead ends, wasted time and diluting the quality you provide. When you’re organising your event keep things simple. It makes life easier. Whats more important, is that you give attendees value that relates to your event. For example, its better to run a half day event with 3...
March 2011
3 posts
LINK: Facebook Event Check-ins
Facebook will soon be expanding check-ins beyond Places and will add them to Event Pages in the next release of its iPhone app. Read more at - http://mashable.com/2011/03/21/facebook-event-checkins/ Posted via email from Eventzi Blog | Comment »
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HOW TO: Listen
With Twitter, you can track your brand mentions in real time, using a variety of excellent tools. You can track via keyword or hash-tag along with the standard mention / retweet (RT) tracking on the homepage. The beauty of Twitter tracking tools is that they are really detailed and fast. In 140 characters, people get to the point. Most of the people that go to your event page will find that...
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LAUNCHED: The New Eventzi
We have launched the New Eventzi. Its the fastest way to sell tickets online.Here is a quick run down of whats new: Everything! But don’t worry, the biggest update is that creating an event is so easy now, its kinda fun. We’ve made everything easier. Load us up and have a click around. Let me know what you think at scott@eventzi.com. Posted via email from Eventzi...
November 2010
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HOW TO: Promote your event on the web
Always get a URL If you’re going to connect people to an event offline, you need an online event page of some kind. People need all the details. They need something that they can pass around and show others what its about. Give them an event page. If you’re going run repeat events, consider setting up the ticketing app on Eventzi and export it onto your own website. Add to event sites This...
August 2010
1 post
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TIPS: 8 Tips to boost your event
We are always looking to see what is changing online and how we can improve Eventzi. We thought it would be cool to share some of our findings with you. 1) Be useful People need a reason to buy. Why should they attend your event? As Y Combinator say “do something useful”. Usefulness never dies. 2) What do you stand for Why should someone pick your event over another one? If you stand...
May 2010
2 posts
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TIPS: When tickets go on-sale
Refine your event Tune your event as you go along. Send out new updates as it provides momentum. It shows you’ve got more up your sleeve. It also gives you something to talk about and for others to spread. Once your ideas are out there you can start getting customer feedback and you’ll know which areas people are excited about and what people aren’t mentioning. Once you get good...
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HOW TO: Promote your event with Facebook
Facebook is like every one’s online personal ID. More and more people want to do everything on Facebook and never have to leave. Here are some stats on why Facebook is an important platform for promoting your event: More than 400 million active users. 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day. More than 35 million users update their status each day. More than 60 million...
April 2010
2 posts
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TIPS: Just get it done!
Your event is what your customers are going to experience and that’s what matters. Its about what your produce, not what it takes to get there. Too many people do stuff to make them feel busy. You will hear things like “I haven’t stopped all day” or “I’ve been working for 12 hours”, big deal, what’s important is what you deliver to attendees. “Done” should become your new...
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HOW TO: Promote your event with Twitter
Twitter is an amazing promotional tool for events. The best events have dedicated Twitter pages, just for their event. Look at the “Le Web” conference Twitter page at twitter.com/leweb. The page is only about the event and topics surrounding it. You can do this for your event in five minutes. They chat to attendees and release news and updates about the conference. To get started, follow people...